Peter Dale Scott The Expanded Context of American Politics By Herbert L Calhoun on November 16, 2006 Along with Carl Oglesby’s The Yankee [and] Cowboy War and Michael Piper Collins’ Final Judgment, this is the best book ever written on the JFK Assassination. It may also be the best book ever written on the way …
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Drew Gilpin Faust Closure, or does the Suffering just still go on … ?, March 12, 2014 By Herbert L Calhoun “paulocal” Quietly, this is an amazing book about the back side of war — the side we pretend not to know is really there at all — the ugly side, the painful side. It …
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Greg Grandin The complexity of the moral landscape during America’s founding generation, March 2, 2014 Herbert L Calhoun “paulocal” The reader is unlikely to find a book that better contextualizes or sharpens the focus of the moral issues confronting America’s founding generation than this book. Using the metaphor of “empires of necessity,” the author shows …
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Luke Harding Ed Snowden and the American tribal fear meme, February 19, 2014 By Herbert L Calhoun “paulocal” This is a story about what one American saw atop the tip of an iceberg called the “American national security state.” In the end, Ed Snowden, a 29-year old, $200,00/year High School dropout turned Computer Systems …
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Below are listed recurring authors. One-time authors are easily searched for by name. Alias & Collective 4TH MEDIA – Anti-Empire Tough Love Truths from Varied Contributors BOOP, Betty – Serving Male Officer with Sense of Humor BUCKY 2.0 – Dave Buck, Robert Steele, Frank Wennin, Alan Yelsey and Others DEFDOG – Serving Officer and Closet …
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Chris Hedges When Cultures of Violence get mixed with the Myths of War, November 19, 2013 By Herbert L Calhoun “paulocal” This review is from: War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning (Paperback) War is a Force that Gives us Meaning When cultures of violence get mixed up with myths of war Chris Hedges …
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Gloria Jahoda The Acknowledged Moral low point of American History, November 4, 2013 By Herbert L Calhoun “paulocal” This review is from: Trail of Tears (Hardcover) This is an unrelenting narrative, tightly written and carefully researched of one of the lowest points in the moral history of a country whose national narrative is full of …
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